The release of two Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models ranking with the most advanced American systems, timed to coincide with the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, has provoked panic in Washington and Silicon Valley, exposing the fragility of the speculative bubble on which the entire American stock market now rests.

Nearly 7,000 cases are confirmed or under investigation across 34 states since May 1, and states have reported at least 180 hospitalizations.

On Monday, the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) voted to dissolve the 58-year-old organization. The action follows the elimination of all federal funding for the agency by Congress, on the demand of the Trump White House, earlier this year.

The monthly report by human resources firm ADP (Automatic Data Processing) found that U.S. private employers cut 32,000 jobs in the month of November, the latest sign of an accelerating jobs massacre.

Nowhere is this more visible than in Texas, where more than 280 complaints have reportedly been filed against K-12 educators alone for alleged “disrespect” toward Kirk or his political legacy.

In an attempt to smear Roberts as a dangerous fugitive, ICE claimed it found a loaded pistol in his vehicle.

The only serious question in American politics today is how this movement toward dictatorship can be stopped.

Trump’s crusade to whitewash American history mirrors his administration’s attacks on art and science.

The working class must become the center of the fight against dictatorship, which is impossible without a struggle against the capitalist system itself.

In 2012, their market capitalization stood at just $1.1 trillion. Today, their combined market capitalization has surged over 15-fold, to $19 trillion.

The Detroit Opera has cancelled its season-opening production of The Girl of the Golden West (La fanciulla del West) by Giacomo Puccini.

The death toll from flash flooding in Texas continues to rise, now above 100, with many still missing and presumed drowned.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid down the law to military allies and partners throughout the Indo-Pacific: “Dramatically escalate your military build-up and put yourselves on a war footing for conflict with China.”

The letter—addressed to the Association of University Heads in Israel, the Board of Academic Public Colleges, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and Academics for Israeli Democracy—is a reaction to the launching of “Operation Gideon’s Chariots”.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) head Kristi Noem sent a letter to Harvard University Thursday informing the school’s administration that she was revoking its ability to enroll international students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.

On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time officially stated that an Israeli war aim is the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, openly stating what had been the unspoken goal of Israel since October 7, 2023.

In a massive attack on the working class, on Sunday, House Republicans confirmed that their main proposal for offsetting some of their planned $4.5 trillion in tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and mega-corporations will come in the form of at least $880 billion in cuts to social programs, centered on Medicaid.

In a barrage of executive orders issued last week, including one late Monday afternoon targeting so-called “sanctuary” cities, President Donald Trump launched a naked attack on the democratic rights of immigrants and the working class as a whole.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke Harvard University’s tax exempt status.

On Monday, Harvard University president Alan Garber announced the university would not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to crush political opposition, hand over control of critical departments to government oversight and generally establish a reign of ideological terror and right-wing thought control on the Cambridge, Massachusetts campus.